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News channels air old video of Muslim youth raising provocative slogans in Jaipur as recent incident

Abhishek Kumar23rd July 202223rd July 2022

A video of a group of Muslim youth putting up posters threatening Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati is making rounds on social media. The men in the video can be seen calling for…

Media misreports link 2021 IAF rescue operation in Andhra to recent Telangana floods

Abhishek Kumar19th July 2022

On July 13 media reports stated that the rise in water level of the Godavari river triggered widespread floods in Telangana. The low-lying areas are facing the brunt of the…

Circular prohibiting protest in Parliament House is not new

Kalim Ahmed16th July 2022

On July 15, several prominent politicians tweeted a circular called Parliamentary Bulletin Part II. According to this decree, members cannot use the Parliament House premise for any demonstrations, dharnas, fasts,…

No, video of boy reciting Azaan in school is not from Jharkhand

Shinjinee Majumder14th July 2022

A clip of a primary school student rendering Azaan is going viral. Social media users have claimed that it is from a village in Jharkhand where 75% of the population…

No, this isn’t a ‘young’ PM Modi performing handstand in Rishikesh

Kalim Ahmed13th July 2022

A 2:20-minute-long video clip of a bare-chested individual handstand-walking around a religious structure is widely circulating on social media. Multiple social media users have shared this video with captions in…

Fact-check: Did an ‘Islamic mob’ attack constable Sandeep after Kanhaiya Lal’s murder?

Abhishek Kumar12th July 2022

On June 28, 2022, tailor Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered by two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The attackers made a video of the incident and shared it on social…

Old video of PM Modi awarded UAE’s highest civilian honour shared amid Nupur Sharma row

Kalim Ahmed8th July 202218th July 2022

A 30-second long video clip of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated with a gold chain is widely circulating on social media. It is being shared with the claim…

Fact-check: Was Amit Shah left tongue-tied by a reporter in Telangana?

Shinjinee Majumder8th July 2022

A clip of a journalist interviewing home minister Amit Shah has gone viral on social media. In the 14-second video, the journalist is heard saying to Shah, “It rained heavily…

Morphed photo of NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu with Mohan Bhagwat viral

Kalim Ahmed7th July 20227th July 2022

A photograph of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is widely circulating on social media. In the photo, we can see Murmu praying to a photo of…

No, SC judges who reprimanded Nupur Sharma are NOT in this photo

Abhishek Kumar7th July 2022

Nupur Sharma’s recent alleged objectionable remarks on Prophet Muhammad during a TV debate triggered nationwide outrage, prompting a flurry of FIRs against the BJP leader in several parts of the…

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Trinamool MP Menaka Guruswamy did not represent R G Kar accused in court

“Others affected too, but Muslims disproportionately targeted in Bengal SIR. This can’t be random”